Died in jail or a lockup
Mosely
Mosely, a Black man, was held in the jail at Lockhart, Mississippi, and was being taken to Meridian for safekeeping in November 1911. According to the Associated Press, a mob of about four hundred people met the deputy and his prisoner two miles outside town and took Mosely from the deputy, who protested without success. The mob shot Mosely many times.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Associated Press (reporters).